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July 20, 2007

G96: White Sox at Red Sox, 7 PM

Although his velocity jumped a bit in his last start to between 92-94 mph on Sunday at Camden Yards, Contreras still fell to 1-7 in his last nine starts with the 5-3 defeat. Contreras yielded five runs on 10 hits over six innings, striking out three and walking two. Since last year's All-Star break, the big right-hander has lost 20 times.

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It is foolish in this game to decide that there is any one game that you must win. But between this pitching matchup and the recent, uh, slide -- I need this one. At the risk of turning into a Yankee fan clone who whines about the natural vargaries of the game, I feel like I need us to win tonight.

After walking two batters, and before walking two more. And that was it for him. 0 innings, 4 BB, 3 ER. 19 pitches, 2 were strikes. With one of those being the grand slam. One of the worst 5-batter performances of all-time. 10-0 Rays, and now 10-3 Sox!